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Volume 72, Issue 18 April 8, 2005
Female students fight for townhouses
By Chris Hamilton ment tor the appltcanL" is by Sports Edllor: gender. Yet in tb~ h()using sign up sbeel, it states near the top 01 th second page, "The town Before lhi . year. Bryant house lorteries are "olely based University has had little in com on SeN total .· Whether dividing mon with th L.A. Lukers slar by gender is a go()d idea or not. Kobe Bryant except a last name. the appli~ant . had no Idea when But recently. the ~inularille " entering the "election proces " have grown. Now both Bryant~ lhat their gender would be a fa excel at ba ketball and are fac tor in their townhouse seleclion. ing seriou "allegation from Thi " wa:n'l the only revela w men. Afler the lottery num tion lert waiting for the appli bers for next year' 6-person cant , The school gave 10 6-per townhouse '. also known as the s n town hou:e slots lor the "new townhouses." were IUllde. female pool ::wd 19 for the male many pe()ple have brought forth pool. John Denio, Director of grievances about the selection Re idence Life. explamed in an proce ' , interview that the divisi n of Tht: meth d u 'ed for d ciiling townhouse slots for the lottery who receives these "prime real was bused on the percent of e tate "come J wn t two malt: and female ,-tudeO! ' in the fonru llf div idtng the applicants. elllor c1as. C onhng to th Photo courtesy by Demetrius Bobo The ti.rs! reqUIrement i . based on rismg "enior c1a~s, 60Clf- are male The mock car crash changes some of Bryant students' views about drinking and drivang. SeN number and ~ eN is based By Emilie Lavoie policy. endor 'ed by llr Vice President for AcadeIUlc Affairs. AssisJant CamplL~ NewsEditor Dr. Unni. that i: to be put into Earlier in the sch 01 year. the immediate effect al Bryant concept of an . 'XF PolicY' was UnlVerity. mtroduced to Bryant's campus. Why the change? AmI whal A<:, with rno I prop sed change'. e.xactly are these changes and there were mixed feelings how will they m rph the student regarding the raw version f the body's VIew of the policy Dr. released policy. To enlighten Lux. Dean of the CoUege of Arts those who may have forgotten. and cience'. answered these or somehow never beard of the and evenll other questions in an policy, the XF policy was creat e-mail correspondence this ed 10 allow student· to retake week. Fir>t. Lux responded to course. and replace an F grade the pertinent question "why the with the grade from the 'econd changes?" Lux says that the taking of the course, cbanges implemented developed Naturally, given only the fr m discu, sions with student<; basic formal f thi ' policy. tll and faculty over the pa. t few den~ began to que tion a variety months. as well as comments of potential situations that may fr mUle Student Senate during a eventually stem from u h a pol meetin!! with Dr. Unru and icy. During the last. everal Profess r McNally The commit months. the Facultv Committee tee med to addre ., concerned courtesy of mitchhedberg.com on University Orgalllzation has expre "se<.l .tcro·s the board and caretully considered every angle change' were in acknowledge Comedian Mitch Hedberg, 37, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, only 6 days after SPB of the policy and disclIs 'ed po~- ment of these general concerns. made the announcment that Hedberg would perform on April 30. the Saturday night of iblc reformations. Finallv. the me basi point: )f Ihe Bryant's annual Spring Weekend. This was to be the first year SPB would sponsor two committee, namely L ri . replacement policy are outlined main acts for Spring Weekend. Chris Companik, SPB's concert chair has been busy try Johnson. Director f Advl. mg, in .1 recent campus-wide e-mail, Ing to locate a new act tor Saturday night since the announcement of Hedberg's death. ha.s compJeted whar wiD be called a "gntde replacement" Cont'd on page 5 ArticJ cont'd on page 4 Can a .lob Ultervlew actually Check the latest score. for Did you misl. Bill Belichick last ~end you back to your chJld Bryant many teams jn week? Well now's your chance h od in 'The Rant ? Bulldog Btles. to catch up Page 2 National News The Archway Science boot camp reconditions 'high schoo brain' BBy Becky Bllrtindale "The results prove that stu College of Science and a co Randle is a constant and for and take note effectively per Knight Ridder Newspapers dents who go lhrough this pro coordinator of the ourse. midable pre ence a coach calling foml academic research and (KRTJ gram succeed, come back the If Science 2 is a boot camp, out mOlivational chants, djspens manage their time. following year and a goodly Michael Randle is U,e driU ser ing wisdom, and holding stu IndiViduals are momtored number stay in the sciences," geant. He's a leamrng skills spe dents accountable as active par closely, both by their s ction The imilarities to a Marine said chern i try Professor Herbert cialist who coordinates the p 0 tic ipants In thelf education. instructor and a peer ad iser Corps boot camp are triking the ilber. who helps fund the pro gram WIth Kenk. TheIr efforts At tile final-I! 'am review ear who is a , cience 2 veteran. The chanls. the discipl ine. the drills, gram from his federal grant [0 represent an unusual collabora lier thi monUI, the roar of con students meet weekly \0\ Ith their the can equ nces. help develop more minority tion betwl; n Ih College of versatIon in the lecture hall fell peer advisers. who look over So il IS no surprise that stu researchers. Science and AcademIC Services, silent as Randle crossed the their class notes. check their dents' first reaction LO Scien e 2 Many efforts acros the coun the part of the univer ity r pon threshold. study schedules and a ~ how at _an Jo e Stale University is, try to us on keepmg students A fier some pre! im inanes, it they are doino in eve!) cia s. "I hale thi lass," rollowed by in sCience and engineering, " was trme for some ritual Students who need help re their second reaction. "1 hate IhlS Less than 15 percent of U.S . "The results prove that tu " clence 2, how do you referred for tutonng. class. " hIgh school graduates have dents who go through thb feel?" Randle houled. cience 2 15 "a copT us amount Nid.named" ience b at thl.: academic preparaLf n I pur program succeed, come back "Read\' 10 W·OT"!" the stu of work., but now that II'S ovtr camp" the course lakes a no sue scientitic or technical the following year, and II d n hollered bad, with, il'!; an accomplishment," nonsense approach to recondi degrees in college. according to goodly number slay in the As das was cnding. said freshman ErIC A.u un. "ho lioning "tllgh school brillll' the the Inslitute for Engmeermg den " Randle barked: "How do took the course la... 1 full. "The pO\lf !>luLl) h bits anLi "me"-c 11 Education at . uthem Methodist Spartans play?" give you a ton of work ' nd you tcred atlllude thaI student University - chemi rv Profes or I. "Spanans play to winl" the pull it oft~ You real Ill! \OU call omelime bring IT m high A' much as th demand!> f Herbert ilber " tudents answered rn unis n. do all that work lor other class scho i Out thl.: real idea hehind ci nee 2 Irked her. the clas The chants By Judy L. Tbom1ls Among the reasons is that the happen?" changed the way law enforce zalions could lead to increased Knight Ridder I (1wsp(Jpers motional impact 0 the Sepf. II, If Krar had been a oreign ter men( viewed terrorism . violence. (A.'"R7) 2001. terrorist attack in New rori I, Potok aid. "it would've "Ol"'ahoma City showed it "What's changed is that York, Wa....hington, D.C ., and been shouled from the rooftops may only lake one. two or a because of the way the country's AI the time, it was the dead Pennsy lvan ia. has made anti in Wa hinglon. " Krar was sen small group of individuals who going, it's ba ically sent (he liest terrorist attack on American government types think twice tenced last May to more Ihan II co ul d execute major attacks that luke-warmers and the fence-sit soil. about a sales pitcb that involves yeaTS in prison, although he profoundly impact the country," ters running for cover," said On April 19. 1995, a truck killing f How Americans. could have gOllen a Ii fe sen he said. "That was definitely August B. Krei nr, national bomb destroyed the Alfred P. "On the other hand., " Levilas tence. when it became very prom inen t director of the Aryan Nations. a Murrah Federal Build ing in said, "it's completely ac urale to "As it was, it was a tiny li tt le on our radar screen, lh threat white-supremacist group. "And 168 Ok lahoma City, killing per say that, It hough Ihe movement press release put Ollt III Tyler, that domestic terrorism present the only peop le fha t will really sOns and wounding hundreds of is mall r and is fac d with pret Tex s, and nob dy noticed it for ed. And even more of a concern slay are the hard-core pe pie." others. Tne catastrophe shocked ty significant institutional and a year, " Potak said, "I would not was the so-called lone-wolf the Bu l Kreis said he preferred i( the nation a11 d turned the spot ideological problems, whal attac the fedc.ra government ory." thaI wa y. li gh t on a subculture that had re mains is in some respects tor turni ng away from th is com Authori ties say they will be "I want the hardest of the be n gr wi ng but operating off e dl ier, more dangerous. " plet Iy, but I would say ii's per e pecially alert in the days lead hard, " he said. "Wllen enough the grid: the anli-gbvernm enl Addin o to that concern, fectly clear that the 'ocus has ing to the April 19 bombing wh ile p ople say th t we've had mov ment. experts say, is that after pt. I I, sh ifted. " anniversary. enollgh, we're not going to take Ten years later, Lhat move 20 I, federal author ities shi fted FBI ofl1cial said that their "Anniversari s of sign ifi ca nt it an y mor and we realize now ment which includes everyth ing their focus from domestic terror focus did shift after th > Sept. 11 terrorist events are always a con that blood is going to have to be from the patriot and mi li tia ism to Foreign terrorist gr ups, attacks, but dispute tbat they are cern," said FB I spokesman JefT spi lled, then iI'S going to get bad. groups to th e more violent white allow ing potenti al homegrown ignoring domestic terrorism. Lanza of the bureau's Kansas I really be lieve that, and I'm upremacists and n o-Nazi is terrorists to sli p thro ugh the "We st.i ll ha e pendi ng in ves City offic . "O ur nation's per rea ll y hoping I'm her to see ru dderless and in disarray cracks . tigati ons of domestic terrorism ception of the threat in this that. " experts say. Many of its leaders "The bulk of federal law cases, but obviously, afte r 911 1 country is de fi ned b 9/ II. nd A former Kansas Citv Ku are dea . Others are in prison, e forcement attention certainly our pri mary foc us became coun we should not forget there was Klux Klan leader also s-ays the the resu l! 0 a crackdown on turned overseas ," said Mark terterrorism, counterintel li gence anothe r major te n'oris t attac k in movement today is not for anti-government activity after Potok of the Southern Poverty and from a reac tive to a proa - th is country, on 4/1 9." "wimps." the bom bi ng. Law Center. "There cerrain ly has ti ve type ofapproach," said FBI Despite disarray in the anti- "Aft er the bom b went off in But those who mo nitor the been a tendency in the last few spoke man Paul Bre son in the g vernment movement, no one Ok lahoma City, the White movement say that is a cau se for years to pay less atten ti on Ihan agency's Washi ngt n headquar should let their guard down, said Knights com pletely collaps d," concern, not complacency. They probably is needed." ters. Leonard Z skind. director o f the said Denni Mahon, who nOW say the lack of leadership has Consider th e case of Wi II iam Bresson -acknowledged, how Kansas City- based Ins titute for Ii es in Tulsa, Okla . " hey shu t created a potentially explos ive Krar of Texas . ever, that fewer agents today are Research & Education on down the post-office box, they envi ronme nt in wh ich "lone In 2003 the while supr ma assigned Lo domesti c terrorism Human Rights. shut down the hot li ne. They wolves" are encouraged to carry Clst was caught with fully auto cases. "At the end of the day this were scared to death . They just out Lheir ag ndas. matic mac hine guns and other "We've had t I--.ind of shift movement never loses the went down the hidey hofe." And a disturbing new trend is weapons, nearly 500 000 rounds resources in some ways because impulse for violence," Zeskind The mili tia movement went that, a decade after that deadly ofammunltion, more than 60 the threat from IOlemationalter said. into hid ing after the b mbing, day in Oklahoma, some grQups pipe bombs, remote-control rorist extrem i t group has "They reconligure it. and they Mahon aid. lie said n( w a dif are turning to the Internet to bomb disguised as briefcases b come a much more graY!.! con think ab ul whether the) need ferent sltaleg-y is needed. atlract 'ollng recruits. and enough sodium cyanide t cern " he said. "But at the arne small cell', bIg ells, under "There'll be a tIme when we hThings are dramatically dif kill hundreds of people. time, we're still tocused on all ground annles lone-wolf killers. can to ahead and go \\' ith leadcr rerell! " said Daniel l e 'jtm;, "Ynu hat! a d Illeslic terrori '1 the threat" thai ex isl out there. But the fa I or lhe matter is the ~hip movements," hL said. "Bul au h~r or "The errorist eXl actually having. acquired We know thut thl: possibility for pulse of viulence just never gues right now, lUlu k it's just we :til Door; The ~iljtia M ~cml:nl v; eapons of m ss UI.: lructlon," all attack. from om: of thes . out on this 'htn~. An that's real want I overthrow the gov 'm and lhe Radical Rie.ht." a book Potok said. "A gU) runnmg domestic group is always ly the ugly truLll." ment and gel 'tatc of our own . tbOul militi' and extremist around With an unassemblecl bUI there" Those lclt in the white Iller\!' many \\ ays t d thaI. g oup . "The mov m nl is ul a lIll incredibly dea lIy dium Indeed, Bress n aid the uprematist movement agree It's ailed small C\:lls and lone pale shadow of its tormer self." cyanide bomb. Ho did that Oklahoma ellY bombihg that the turmOIl m their organ i- wolfism." e ve years ater, sti I mourning the dot-com bubble By Chris O'Brien and innovation will lead to a bet AILhough dot-com stock have report fro m Joint Ventur : The valley's declining confi and K. Oanh Ha ter uture. But that faith is being shown signs of life recently, Silicon Valley. dence is retlected in rhe quarter Knight Ridder Newspapers tested by a downturn far more investors are still mistrustful. This decidedly mixed rec rd fy surveys conduct during th e (KRT) grim than anyone could have Last year, the largest 150 compa hasn't stopped entrepretleurs past several years by the Survey predicted. & Policy Research Institute at Lynn Gold isn't ashamed to nies in Silicon Valley posted from creating new companies or Durlllg the boom, Silicon record profits and revenues. Yet venture capitalists from funding San Jose State University. adm it it: She misse . the dot-com Valley was infallible. The apos as a group. their stocks were them. The valley's innovative After an initial in rease in bubb le. TIlese days she works tates who dared question the down 1.9 percent. spark, the drive to start compa early 2004, the survey's Index of part-time as a radio traffic utterances of tech gods like Scott "I think it's pretty cleaT that nies is undimmed. Consumer Expectations dropped reporter, a job (hat doesn't pay McNealy and lohn Chamber' the Silicon Valley brand has But the atmosphere has dramatica lly late last year. much, And she get by only were simply told, "You don't get been tarnished," said Steve become increasingly cautious, a TIle result is a new pragma (hanks to money she ha left it. It's a New Econom). The olll C chranc, an econom it at surpri ing tum for a region Ihal tism arnon c many employees from cashing OUI $LQO,QOO in rules no longer apply'" Thmgs Economy.com. "And I don't has historically rewarded failures who once willingly worked srock options during the boom . were moving sO rast. and no on~ almost as much a successes. in anI! hours. while dreaming of Her job is less stressful than know if it'll ever come back. wanted \0 miss out. And maybe that's n t a bad The amount of'venture capi IPO riches. At game . ofLware tht: 60-hour weeks she work d at Love ·tors who didn't under thing." tal the lifeblood for young com maker EIt:Clronic Arts, employ etscape Communications, sland a company's business From 2000 to 200-1, im estors panies, has ~hrunk dramatically ees recently Illed a lawsuit where she once collapsed at her model bought the stuck anyway. filed 1.08 t laWSUits alleging since the bubble VCs raised just demanding 10 be paid overtime de k. But she quid,ly becorn\;s R me!11b~r VA Linux'J The tiny for their long hours. nostalgIC for days when she they were misled by corp rat $17 billi n in new funds fr m • unnyvale, Calif., compurer execlllive • mos~ them from inveSlors in 2004. down from "On the one hand. they're could alTord long vacations to or maker had tht: hOIl SI initial pub tech. And thal tigurl:! doesn'L $106 billion in :WOO . concerned about losing theIr Australia or $12,000 for her dog lic offering in histOry, rising include 30] tiled agamst invest However, money is once jobs," said Todd Tollefson. vice to have brain surgery Somehow, mOre than 700 percent to $299 a ment banks fo r manipulating again beginning to tlow iruo president oflhe Wash ington the future just doesn'r seem as share on its first day Q trading. IPO markets. start-ups, In 2004, total Ve nture Alliance ofTechnology Workers, exciting as it did back then, Today, the company, now ca ll ed Many customers are feeling capital inves cd rose for (he first a union active in the tech indus Five ears after the dot-com VA Software, trades at I~s than just as bu rned, They look around time in three years, to $20.9 bil try. "And on the other hand, bust, the va ll ey is sti ll haunted $2. and see rooms full of hardware lion from $ \8.9 bi ll ion . But the since they're treated like they're by the r minders of its recent Customers accepted fan tastic and software that never deliv amount being invested in the disposable, they're not wi lling to past. The vacant offices. Th e claims about how fast Internet ered the efficienc ies prom ised by risky, early-stage com pan ies put in the extra hours." re le ntless job cuts. The e, dus usage would grow and b w dra zealous sales rc resenlati ves continues to Lag. Fears about olfshori ng and of the unemployed. The bitler matically it would reshape the preac hing bout Y2K and the A more di stress ing effect of other th reats to the vall ey's one investors who lost bill ions. The world. (According to one study, dot-com revolution. th e bust has been its a ault on ti me supremacy compete with exorbitant housing prices. the te lecom industry so overbuilt These customers are now in a the valley's legendary optim ism. hopes for a new boom based on Silicon Va lJey has had boom du ring the boom that today only position to exact their revenge. Faith in a better fu ture has another wave of in novation in and-bust cycles before. Blit th is 10 percent of the 39 mi llion long been a cornersto ne of nanotechnology. wireless com one was bigger, far wider in its Tech ompanies are desperate mil es of fi ber-optic cable buried for sa les, giv ing customers far Silicon Vall ey cu lture. It is, after munications, biotech or a fi eld scope and far more traumatic in underground in the United States more leverage to drive tough all , why stock options have long yet unknown. its collapse. is being used.) . deals. remained popular, work rs "If you're honest, you have to The numbers alone don't cap On Marc h 10, 2000, the fever With so many hard feelings believe that th eir company wi ll be schizophrenic," sa id John ture the lingering impact on reached its peak. 1n the fo llow sti ll sinunering, Silicon alley prosper and make them rich . Seely Brown, fo rmer irector of Silicon Valle y's psyche. The ing months, the Nasdaq compos may not be getting its due for But th is particular downtu rn Xerox's Palo Alto Resea ch reg ion's image, Lh e way it sees ite index, the bellwether of tech the genuine innovation and good has been far longer and deeper Center, wh ich has gone th rough itsel and the way others see it, nology stocks, fell sharply from ideas spawned during the bub than anyone expected. There aTe its own boom and bust. ''There has been bruised. The credibility that day's high of 5,048.62. TIle ble. fewer jobs today in Santa Clara are some incredible opportuni it once had with investors and va lley'S tech companies saw Despite the hundreds of com County, 842 ,000, than there were ties. But there is some hubris out customers has turned to distrust. their bus inesses crumble shortly panies that died in the bust, in 1995, before the boom began. there overshadowi ng those pos And the culture of ri sk-taking is thereafter, man y others ndured. Today, Aft er years of fruitless job sibi lit ies that may erode the val now tem pered with caution. Today. shares in Silicon aim t one-third of va llev resi searches, many other people ley's advantage." So far, Ihe valley has n't Valley' public companies are dents work t a company' that have simply lell the area. Those ,. I . t its fa mous sense of opti worth two-th irds less, $2 trill ion was started between 1998 and who remain worry that they'll be rn ism , its faith that technology less, than they were at the peak. 2002, accord ing to a recent the next casualties. r Page 4 The Archway I Camp s News I Weekend U dates: Hedberg dies at 37 By Kri tin a da edy clubs. nightclubs, and col- As'/ Vanel)' Ednor • lege campuses nationwide. By Bethany Thornton considered a huge success and tJ Bryant competition. With his razor-sharp wit and Edl/m·-tll-Chie{ 10 ely clo e l the HERstory All I1neen conteSLants did an The world of comedy will low-key d hvery Hedberg was a month. Award winners were well incredible job The three hOUT never be the same with the pass- master at turning everyday mun deserving of the re ognition and show wa· kept interesting by ing of one of its vcry best, the dane b ervatlOns mto brilliant HERstory Awards special evening that thc)' \ ere how fUn and animated. each guy brilliantly hystencal Mitch one-liners reminiscent of comc- presented with, and all in aucn was . Hedberg. on March 30, 2005. dian Steven Wright IIe was On Thursda). March 31, the dance enjoyed the special Hedberg, only 37 years Id. was rnllvon or a kind, and in a Wamen' HERst ry Month came evenlllg. found in a hotel room in Nc\ 200'0 issue r Time Magr.dne he (0 11 lose .... ilh an elegant award Bryant Held Jersey last Wedne ·day. Medical was hailed. "Thl: next einfeld ." and dinner ree plion examiners hav' stated it appears In 2003, Comedy entral The awards ceremon} mar("ed Mr. Bryant that Ihe cause ------, Records the end of the tenth annual cde Hostage of death was released his bralion of alllhal item ininc. After a year EMTCALL VANDALISM Mar. 28, 200S-Monday at 10:06 a.m. VANDALl M Apr. I 2005-Friday at II :23 p.m. L cation: R' 10 NC - HALL Mar. 31, 2005-Thursday at I :51 a.m. Location: RE lDENCE HALL ummary' A DP [·.MT responded to Health L calion: RE IDENCE HALL ummary: A DPS Officer rep rts damage to the ervi cs to 'valuate shoulder of wd nt who had ummary: A caller stated someone threw a rock fronl door of a residence hall. fa llen. EM was activated. at their window. FIRE ALARM LARe j Y-THEFT 484.1 Pc from Buildjngs EMT CALL EMT Call / Medical Service Apr. 2. 200S-Saturday at 12:43 a.m. Mar. 28, 200S-Monday at 12:07 p.m . Rendered Location: TOWNHOUSE L cation: RE IDEN E HALL Apr. I. 200S-Friday at I:35 a.m. Summary: Smithfield Fire Department reports a ummnry: A student called and tated that there L cation: TOWNHOUS . fire a arm ounding. An officer reports activated were objects mi ing from her room. Summary: mithfield fire called DPS and pull station. SFD advised and cleared ror a reseL rep rted they re eivecJ a 911 call tating ·there VANDALISM was an individual in the Town Hous area that i LARCENY-THEFT Mar. 28. 200S-Monday at 3:27 p.m. unrespon i e and bleeding. EMS was activated. Apr. 2. 2005- aturday at 6:3S p,m. Location: BELLO CEN'T •R LOT Locatl n: R· IDENCE HALL Summary: A stuu m rep rts the rear winclov. VANDALl M 'ummary: Student called reporting an item ·mashed on hI ar. Apr. I. 2005-Friday al 2:30 p.m. taken from his room L cation: BELLO ENTER LOT FIRE ALARM Summary: A student came into DPS and stated DRUGS Mar. 2 ,200S-Monday at 10:09 p.m. that his vehicle had been vandalized. Apr. I, 200S-Friday at 8:00 a.m. Location: SENIOR APARTM • Location: RESIDENCE HALL Summary: Smithfield Fire Department reports a LARCENY-TH EFT Summary: Smithfield Police arrested two stu fire alarm sounding from enior Apartment. No Apr. 1 200S-Friday at 2:50 p.m. dents for drug po session, cause could be found for the alarm, Location: RESIDENC HALL Summary: A student ootacted DPS and staLed BIAS Bias Related Incidents No incidents EMT CALL Rendered that there arc things missing from his room. reported this week Mar. 29, 200S-Tuesday at 8;42 p.m. Location: RESIDENCE HALL Summary : A student reports a pr blem with his sugar count. EMS activated. April 1, 2005 Cam us News Page 5 FYI Did you Know... Grade replacement policy revised Cont'd from page 1 some students. Would Ihe e tu graduation. -Do you want to become a Student Senator? Student dents nol have a legitimate rea Lux agrees that this policy is son to repeat the glass and better important and gives an example Senate Legislative Elections for the 2005-2006 chool and chan6 s from th ori ina I policy are notable. The policy their education? of a .. cours\! minor. "What hap year are coming up and packets are out and located in allows for any curr nt tudent to A brief statement outlining the pens to a student who fails rd retake a course for credit and rationale and mission of this new one course i 4 course minor? the Student Senate Office on the 3 floor of the Bryant replace th original grad . policy is supplied for students in TIlat sludent needs a 2.0 in Center. Pa kcts are due back t the Senate office no Ilowevcr. the policy requir s the e-mail mentioned before. It the Minor to graduate. Under that a student petitions for use of declares that the purp e of this the current p Iicy. the student later than April 13,2005. For more jnformation and the pol icy an these petit ions are policy is to enforce lhe concepl has to tal..e a lifih course." He details. contact J nathan Colognesi at jqc [email protected] available through the that undergraduate students goes on to add "Moreover. to should be able to "enhance their get the reqUired 2.0 In the minor or Dan Miers at [email protected]. Undergraduate Advising Office. While considering use of the learning" by being given th he or she will actually need at policy, students may want to pponunity to repeat classe that least a 2.5 in the four courses -The Bryant University Alliance for Women's k ep in mind Lhat they are only may have con lituted a failing that actuall} end up counting for permitted to u e thl! poli y 10 grade previousl}. the minor." The Insti ulion of Awarene s .. ill b . P n. oring a Trial Size Dnve to col retake a class an veralltotal of It addresses the concern that thl policy WQulti hdp to allevl lect an) trial sued 1 ilelry pr u t. Lo donate 1 Rhode four times and mav onlv use the Bryant University sh uld foster ale any such dilemma!>. policy LO retake a parli 'ular an environment encouraging Lastlv. Lu.'( ommenls n I land' homelcs popula ion. Items needed range from courSe once In other words. stu conlmuetl, anti up ported, 'uc man} tudellts ~on ems thaI this lra el siz\:d oap'. toothpasl toolhbnlsh .. and dl:od r dents will not be pemlitted to cess umong students In their pulicy is just :J \~ay to m8 ·k {1r retake one course. or replace the learnin' and to promote thal stll hid poor perfl mlan ·C. He ants to razor . 101i n. nd hnmp . 11 e\ er Bf) ant ~rade. man: Ihan one additional dum will continue 10 perfonn 0 rnaintuins ( 1lI1 It is .lust Iile oppo student cOlltrihules anI} >De pr duct. whicn u uaUy co t lime. Ihelr best abil ity The stutcmt:nt site and transcript will melude concludes with a reminder thal an less than one dollar. there", ill be thousands of dona This restnction IS not the only b Ih Ihe Original "rade ("" Ilh important re triction plac d, anu su h a polley exists at man' X n . t 10 It) nd the 'econd tions available a the needy. [he coJJection day will be t!mphasiLcd. on the new grade ther college and univcr ities grad . 1111.' nl di ercnc is thaI Thursday, April 14 and your help would be greatly repla ement policy. One new from coastto coast, and these the first grade ~ ill not be calcu adjustment to the pollc that Lu .' have thu far been uc e sful in l:lted III the GPA. lIiding per appreciated. brings up is the pTeVIOUS grclde promoting the pOints alluded 10 lomlauce is not the goal of tillS obtained in the class. that is, above. P licy, but rather to - n urage does a student have to fail a he our mo t prominent learning and pushing oncscJfto -Bryant's annual pnng Art Exhibit opene earlier this class 10 order to retake it or can goals. beside the academiC pu h full p t ntial. week in the Papitlo Dining Room. Be sure to stop by a grade as high as a C or B oUllined in the tatemenl sup TIle rulltextua! xplanation, plied. ofthe grade replacement outline. and limitations of the and see the various types of art forms that will be on retake a class? The answer? No. a student does not have to obtain policy include the following new policy are avail bl to all display 1'01' the next few weeks. Enjoy the e work of a failing grade In order to rl!take (also outlined in the e-mail): I . students and slaff on lint! at feUov Bryant tudents as the exhibit is open daily from a class, but remember that retake to better help students continue http://web.bryanLeduJacademi petilions must be approved One 10 succeed academically. 2. to cadvisin~ and any students seck · now untll April 18th may be thinking that there can Improve the required under ing more; informati n. or seeking be no legitimate reason for standing of pre-requi itc and u e of (he replacement policy are retaking a clas with a decent fundamental courses to studt:nts enc u age L conta t the -The DougJa & Judith Krupp Library still needs your passing grade but Lux raises who may have fillled th lass Undergraduate Advi ing mce one of these legitimate situa previuusly, supplying a better for further infonnation and n response! Only 90 tudents replied to the library survey, [tons. In some oncentraJions. performance an learning in petition if nece:> ar and many more are needed. This survey is important to Applied Actuarral Mati for advanced courses, 3. a higher retention at the level of freshman improvement that lh libraf)f i consid ring to better example, a B or beller is requir d for certification. thus, & sophomores, and 4 . to allow serve tll Bryant COTIU11Wlit . A impl response to this receiving a C or ~ven a C·t for stud nts to achieve their con electronic survey can only benefit you and your library would appear devastating to centration GPA required lor exp rience in the future. The re ponse will also help to compare Bryant' re ult against other libraries conduct· ing the same survey. A copy of the survey i located Ho sing lottery under scrutiny online at http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?1D=228287. Any Cont'd from page 1 an equal opponunity to achieve am cIS f this aClion is thaI tu questions, feel free to send them to [email protected]. a maximum SeN number and dents with e tra credilS can no that ratio is dLrectly proportional gain housing ho ... ever, the fight longer make up for ther stu LO the numb r of townhouses many students are putling up IS dent's in your group with lower -Tonight, Friday. April 8. an pen Mike Night will be allotted is Just one aspect of the that a gender division is wrong SeN number. But Delllo contin· held in South. All students are wei orne nd encouraged sdc tlon proces some students because It melhing that people ued to e plam that other depart are fighllng. can not change. menls are involved in all ofthi to attend. The event will begin at 10 pm. and t,;nd at 2 One main reason for the pro Th egregat ion negatively Denio would not comment either a.m. Bring 'j ur friend and hare orne laughs 'ilh lh portional distribution is for equnl impacted the women applicants wav on Whether he lelt th cur distribution amongst genders. this year Denio Contmuetito ren'l townhou c election polic} re t of th mmunit. By dividin:; the townhouses e. 'plain th t this is not a" aYS was right or 1101 according t(1 g nder Resident the: case r i intentl n, in facl Vic Pr' Ident f Student I iii i m kinJ su thai fem e he men i ned h' t in the pas I at Tom F..1kin had hi~ wn -The l1Lercul ural c er - Inlerna i nnl due Ion t 'nts and rn Ie; Slude;nlS h ... mole ·tudent have had the high opinion. boUI lhe i Ue; and tat Multi 'ultur I T. if • I d h D parLm nt OfI:ll Ii 11 II e I opportunit. m n:;:>1 er C I num e leavh J \ 'omen e th Holly Resendes pia ed 18 ver der Justin Co,, combined 0-4,0-4 NI:.-IO MEN' > LACl~OS ull in Ihe women' 5.000 meters ror 12 inning or one-run BrYI nt LIniversilY lacr(lsse Friday night Rl!sendc' fUli hed baseball but-it wn n't MEN'S TENNI plu}er Brent Stootho w in a season-be I time of enough, as the Bulldog The Bryant Men's named Norl heast- rOnI'erence 18:39.45. edged the Owls ill 13 rennis team went to I re.-;ilman ul the Weet.. in an innings on M nda} after 4-0 in lht: Northeast announcement made by the con OITBALL noon (Apr. 4). 3- 1. lOon Fmlay with an fi:rence otlkc ycsh.'rday, TIle Bryant niversily 5011- In the lOp halrofthe Stoothotf was named for his .!!!!!!I!~~I!!!!!!!~~!!!!!!!!~~~I!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!I!!!!!l!~:..._~ 8-1 victory over ball team sw pi both gamt!s 131h inning and IWO L LcMoyne nle out landll\g week thai 5,m him from American Intemational Bulldogs on b' sc; sopho Bulldogs swt:pt the score live !lonl and add lour Colleg , by a core of 14·1 In more nrsl bast:01an Mike Rocco WOMEN T NI' Dolphin in single with Sen; r assist· in a~ I-I we 'k. He nclU:u flv' innings and 6-5 in eight smgled to left-center field to rhe Bryant women's tenniS Erik Lipp remaining undefeated four goal and handed out rour innings, in Northeru;t-IO drive in Ih~ lv.O winning runs as team won ilS 12lh gamto' or the JIl the c ni"ero;;ne at 1/ I ingles. assists in a Win ar AI . He then t:a, non Freshman Mit.. i kowicz ttdded a goal in a I~s to I e SESSIONS BEGIN MAY 18 AND JULY 5 Thursdav. picked up :In e 'citing VICOry at Moyne. defeatIng #6 ingl ' s vinning 5-7 6 2 ID- Bryant senior Andrew ergc American 5). was also named to Ihe confer Int m,ni nal, 'inglc ence honor roll for the we k. 9-0 at the I rik ZIPP (BU) def. I· rank 'erge notched four goals and Bryant tennis Donald 'on (L) 6-1 7-5 two assists in a \ in a1 AIC He 7arn three credits in three weekj curts. The 2 Sen Cais e (BU) def. Ryan then added an assist against Le Bulldog Davidson (L) 6-06- 1 Moyne. improve 10 3 Craig Drushella (BU) def. with our new Mayterrn 12-1 overall Kodi Kosmoski (L) 6·2 6-0 GOLF and 6-0 in the 4 TJ Culey BU) def. Jason The Bryant University men's Northeast-IO. Kersznouski (L ) 6·17-6 golf team is currentl y ranked The 5 Zach Goodman (BU) def. Val No . I in the Northeast Region. Bulldog sur Vijkck (L) 0-0 6-1 edging second-place Saint rendered just 6 Mike Pi kowicz (BU) def. Thomas Aquinas (NY). Bryant SUMMERTERM 5-7 6-2 (10-3) Lhree points Ryan D I ney (L) captured the NCAA Regional on the day In Doubles Champion hip last season and sweeping I Erik ZipprrJ Eutey (BU) def. will retum to action Ihi we 1-.. both doubles Frank Donaldson/Jason end when the Bulldogs head to and ing.les In Kersznouski (L) 8-3 Lhe Yale Inv itational in New straight sets. 2 Ryan Donaldson/Kodi Haven . Open to all current college Sa ha Dosmoski (L) def. Ben olomon Cai se/Zach Goodman (BU) 9-8 students and adult learners earned a 6-0, 3 CT McLean/Jaimie arlin 6-0 win at (BU) deL Val Vijkct../Ryan • Ideal for area [Udt"n s hom from college nd: • Begin.a master'. program • Small. fomed dAlSScs 1-1 "I ility nd • • ny tldl&t) • o ~./"HC rh:tn 40u our~cs ay, Stop in between 4:30 - 6:30 PM Beno Center Grand Hall Destination 2007. Planning Your Road Trip is designed speciflcally for (he members Focus on your studies. get ahead, and of the Class of 2007 La gam valuable information 10 get on the road toward gradua tion . Students are invited to stop in for a free buffet dinner and the opportunity to: fultlll general education requiremc::nts_ - Get into the fast la ne 10 obtain an academic intemship - Build bridges with alumni from a variety of fi elds - Map out your academic & career path with faculty - Explore various academic concentrations and study abroad options Call roday [email protected] - Pave your way to future success by gathering information from 860.768.4978 a number of campus departments www..hanford.t:du PLEASE RSVP BY 4:30 PM ON MONDAY, APRIL 18 at x6565 or via email to [email protected]. Space is limited! Page 8 Opinion The Archway The Hangover: What ·s the real reason women cannot get a prescription for the morning after pi I on campus? of mind for women who have Republicans in Congress, the will change people's behavior. If over, they were six times more been sexually assaulted or had a "independent" body came to the two people gel together, and the likely to have had oral sex than By Ju tin birth conlrollapse or failure "decision" there wasn't enough protection fails, they should've non-pledgers and four times Williams (such as a broken condom). Ifa information on ECPs' effect on been mO're careful. No matter more likely to bave engaged in woman can prevent a potentially girls aged 12-16. Obviously what happened, that doesn't anal sex: definitely riskier Staff unwanted pregnancy the next there isn't information on the mean yO'u make them pay for it behaviors, Co/umnisl morning, sh won't need to gel effect on 12- 16 year old girls by not giving them a prescnp The results of the study raise an abortion for that unwanted because it's difficult to get a par tion two important points' one, where pregnancy in a month. ent to approve of a company With the time window for the w re these pledgers in my high According to one tudy, when testing a drug on tbeir sexually effectiveness of ECPs being nar school? And two' wh n older used correctly, ECPs could pre active 11 year old daughter. row, not getting a preSCription people lry to influence teens to As reported last week. for rea vent up 102.3 million uninlend I think the company should O'n campus can make a big dif dolor nOl do (11 ings. it rarely sons still unclear, lht: health pro ed pregnancie and one million have asked Michael Jackson to ference for some women Being works. fessionals at Bryant University, ab rtions p r ear in the U testlhe drug on his alleged part that Lhey are all over J8, the} Entering Into a sexual rela shockingly, will not si!!n pre alone. ners.. but they're male . could enter into contracts and tionship with omeone should be criptions for mergency contra For somt! reason though. a jf ECPs arc complelely even serve in lhe military, they thoughl aboul more than it is ception pills (ECPs) known by o 'ial con, rvatives are still ~afe, why was there political 'ihouldn't have to jump through now, a lime when college stu the brand name f Plan B. agrunSI ECPs, even though thl:. pressure to block them l!Oing hoop to gel access to' ECPs dents today might spend more I know an oldC"r person who can cui do.... n n Ihe numrn:r til' OTC" More and more, sludies are time on deciding what 10 wear joked. it cem Ii!.' H! wl:re abortions. So the quesllon shm ing lhal lder people Ihan deciding if slu ping with more socially libt:ratcd 20 year remains, \\11) doesn'l Bryant It i~ bccau e so inl I;onServallvcs imposing their. "ju. t say nO''' to sumeone is the best idea. ago. HO\ can suppo 'cd health oill:r prescrlptl m f emergency are against the potential O'f teen sex approach has workt:d ab ut N netheles , refusing to ign professional ref\!'e to do some contraception' promiscuity. as well as the "ju I say nO''' to pre criptiol1s for ECPs is nOltltc thing (hal seems to be in a drugs approach did in the 1980 '. way to' change th b haviors of woman" best mterest? It shouldn't be becaust! of con It i feared that if the morning A receDt study showed a pop people on campu and only cerns about afelY. afl.er pill were made available ular tool in curbing promiscuity serves to punish them when iI'S It shouldn't be bt:cause they mi over the counler, (h re would b in teenagers. th abslinence too late. takenly believe it's an abortion Whi Ie I do consider my elf to increased promiscuity amongst pledge, has been about as effec ACCIdents can and do happen. pill. be an expert n women and a the nation's teenaoers. tive as asking Jerry Falwell to Clearly, they would have a variety of other topics, I'm no Because the "ealth stalT is stop asking for pledges and gr aler chance of occurmg wben Emergency contraception, medical expert. Th re is howev made up of medical profession donations. alcohol is involved, as is lhe al 0 known as the morning after er a panel of medical experts on als. it's safe to assume that they For several years, the federal case in many college hook-up pill is not the same thing as the the Food and Drug are awar of Ihe SCientific evi government has funded absti situation -. abortion pill (RU-486), as it AdministraLion . They found that dence that ECPs dO' not cause nence-only sexual education Because ECPs are safe and does not lernlinate a pregnancy emergency contraception was abortions and are safe. programs. not the same as an abortion, It works by delivering II higher omplelely " afe and eftcctive" So the only reason IS that the Part of the program has stu there sh uld be no moral or safe Jose of the contraceptive hor in 1997, health serv ices stalT must be bas dent sign a pledge like the fol ly concerns on the part ofthe mones found in 'the pill' . The Plan B brand of ECPs ing their worries about the low ing: "I am Worth the Wait. Bryant health staff. The hormones can prevent doesn't even cause Ihe usual side potential for ao explosion of Abstinence is the only proven As students paying over ovulation or fertilizatjon . When effects like nau ea. There could promiscuity on the ampus. way to protect myself from out $30,000 a year, the women on taken within 24 hours after be the lingering side effect that Newsflash for everyone over of wed10ck pregnancy and campus de erve to have better unprotectt:d sex, the morning women could complain, but they 23: peopl are baving sex n STD's. I pledge to abstain from more able access to CPs with after pill cuts chances of pre always complain ... campus. (Note to my mom who sexuaJ activity until marriage out being "taught a lesson" on nancy by 95%. The FDA w about to reads the paper: veryone xcept starting loday." the prom iscuily of today 's youth. In fact , logic says that the appr ve E Ps for ver the me.) There all'ead has been an The problem i that th stu morning alter pill cuts down on counter use last year, but under expl ion . dent si ning the pledg were abortions. ECPs provide peace polilical pressure from Just because y u don't sign a just as likely to have contracted prescription doesn't mean you an STU as non-pledgers; more be Arcbway A society ac eng integrity and respect the mid 1990's grew to idolize a black eye. people such as Mark McGwir , "You fmally got me ... You SI \I F Co, 1.\ (' r hi 0101 \ItO, Sammy Sosa and Barry 'Balco' wanted me to Jump off th.e Bethany Thornton bridge, and now I finally havt:." If vo u n ed to. ~o nt a(!1 I III! .-IIt'l, U'lIl or auy By Greg Bonds. Editor-ill-Chief stall' member, ~Lo:t c fed free 10 U,e lh~ This new breed of player does That was Barry Bonds statement Mnnay.illg Ed.lor; \.Irion Lc,in "(Jrn." rnfomlAt[cll liMed hi ... Hkshorn not have the same admirable at a recent press con ference N",\s EtIJ,O!. Sh"nI,ol1 Nn du how Lo do. Working here is boy. janitor. or accOuntant. Our \\orrte were negligible. It I si t in front of this OIl'orate v. ell worth the crappy enlry level The mon: I t.hink about where Wi'!!> a g od time (ecept the Red big shot in a three piece. \lit salary that \ III barely pay y ur I could be in ten years, the more So. hadn't w n) et). TIle \lnl Ihinking about tour-~qunr\;. linlo:: bills... Blah blah blah.I' I wan! to follow Tom Cruise' problem 0 relocalton \\c had leaguc, recess and g.ym cia ' '. cTgellnt My mind Sl3. S Incl..ed on not lead in C !I.:klarf I could do it. I \\as where to go il it rain dur 1he man say~ move on ami get slouching. nodding intere tedl) could open a bar in th~ tropiCS ing recess. old. I say rekindle my ) oulh. when he looks at me, und udi and be the coolest banenLier Yeal1. remembt:r r cess. watch Disn :. Rl ·R ~ S! nilely not 10 king al what seems outh of the bor.dl!r That i: if thl: cheduled, mandatory fun' I'UI It) be a (kad animal Lloing a people nt tillS bar only order beer S.oIT) Ms . PUlcrwjnl.le. You nel!d TI1CIl il dawns 011 ml:, . toupee Impre ion on his en r or straight shot · because I don't t ~t P yapping lor _0 minute! (mp' I have 10 pa~ bills. I m us dome. BUlthen a questIOn know a cosmopolitan from a as I get 10 h::l\,1; fun ilOd bl:: l:ull't ~ta) In seho I r rever, and breaks my concentration. daiquiri. young,. Eal il! m mother In ighl chung.e the I r und my'ell in VCI) So Bryan. Where d y u ee Now I'm freaking Out right in We ran UTIlll the bdl ....lOg. locI. on l.hl.: hou ·e if I stan fumiliar situation. I wa ' h 11 or yourselr in 10 years'? front aT thi' interv iewer. I'm didn't 111 inu getting dirl." anu thinking 11 muving hack in I reath and m} heart wa ra ing W(IAT')I You \ anI me I tell rreal-..in~ OUI becausl: )·v rea! simply had fUll No\\ we gel bellt'r Lun\: ba k m to \ 11.11 IhI Iy every word Vras calculated you what?! 10 years? Ok. wcll Ized soml!lhin.! I'm so mcredi lime 10 relax during the da) and guy i sa~ lIlg I II 'cd hilll to sur and planned N mistake. This let's think for a minule. Leave hi)' 1M ready to think ab ut 10 WI! b.'p W~ rUll only for a pur \ivt:. I need him 1I> III v~ nn . moment cuuld make or break m~ here, drive home. gel lunch. Y ar~ from now You arc loll.ing PO!; . And dirt i thc I:l1el11) Nl I c me back to ref'll it~ to hl:.1r, future No. I'm not 011 a lirsl maybe a nap later •. lllilt gl:!. me to 3 man \\ ho ·at UI1 hi bed run! " .. . bulllmllk VOII lor COOlin!!,. date. ThIs i a Job Imervlev. to dinncr I(old n, this rna) Lake re""~wingJob pncJ... et · while 1 cn I:llr JIW. then: \\ \!rc Ih\ W\.' will call )-(lu ." A~ I dCJected (dum dum dumrtlmm). mCI] wltile. laug,hmg h}SL~ri all) ill II~I hugely unrortaJ11 laws \, e cmed I) lenv~ the room and heLld tu M)' mOl her's \ oke echws in I can lell yuu Vt here I {hm't SI n , I SI i1J \~ anI to rcaLi 'aim! about Ihere wen: unl~ a l~\\ my Gar I lhink :-tboul 11\)\\ l'ulln} my head. "Don't I ul.:h! Sp\!ak want I be. I really hope 1111 1101 und'/lubbes, not mdlJsrry 'imple ruk~ Ih(11 nr:.JII~·rcd Kill WO()lh hom /')1 ,,,,"IIr! is \\ hen clead)! 01 n'l a) 'urn'. like'. Of "Vln!!. al home, 32 and slilllr} rep rt I'm not rcau,lt c I(j Ihe man uh the ball. 110 Iwu he _ c(ls. "SOIllcbnJ) pUlsllncd an) (hmg cIs.: stupid!" The mg to m kc Cil rc isn'l ~ COlli year' Ii'olll no\\' Dryan I want to lapping. cllId n tall. iug in hnc . the '31 'rhtll'! " p lenlial emf'ln) 'r b gin5 his as it ounds. I ddinild~ d n't he 10 ,ear ago Bl)an. 011 the Simi IIcity! Ignorance h 'eLl11 I'm I<.'Lld, lor the pitch. h\\ e an.: mJu II) leader want I be in Ne Jerse\ I Llon'l Remclllber 10 years ago~ was bh:,.s wa ·n't iI" I \unt thaI n,:al \Hlrld Brillg il on l in doing SOllh!lhlllg )011 ho\c n want to be a burger nipper. bus \995ish. Our live \\cre easier. bac\,. A soc"ety lacking integr ty and respect ContJd from prev_ page lreating the media as poorly as ) ur 1. ills shou Id bl:. l I.en away some people in U,e wurld Imla) Alwavs luol.J11g for a competi Bonds d and u e drug to cll'- rrOin yuu because your parent 109 really need to 'lighten up' and gel Ii\ e edge can bl! a g,ovJ thing per on vho is unly concemed vate their game. This will just is about ~"'o LI as Pre ident their act togelher. lIave SOI11I. but ~onle athletes have taken tillS about him. cit and docs not care start a spiral cOect where w Bu~h ,I public speaking These respect lor yoursel f and other OVt:1 the top amI begun cheating. about anything gomg on around will see mutant players in spnns. parent have n(1 respect for around you which IS the main \ I icll needs LO be sloppcLl as them. There are great people In It g es beyond sports in them ell! anti are a bunl,;h of thing that is ml sing in lhe me~-s !'.oon tlS possibt.:. Lhe game today. but due to peo which integrity is miSSIng from money hungry idIOl& . lund r of a world that we 118\ e loday ple such as Barry Bond , the society. F r example, take a stand that \~hal Jackson is being terc type of lhe professional It ok at the Michael Jackson accused of is an absolute atroci alhlete \\ ill always be in place. trial; what kind of parent would ty, but I feel lrongly 10Vl arm Remember thal there are let rbeir child sle p over at the parents Ihal I feel thaI they young kid who idolize B nds. Neverland Ranch? If pressing a should be 0 trial also for bein~ Stude ts Speak Out If lit e kids look at Bond as laVrsuit against Ja 'ks n i m r ne ligen!. doing the correCt thing then the imporLant to you than lraumatiz In the words of ome ormy new breed fathlete will end up ing your children ~ r life, Ihen tTiends on tJle hockey team, Question or the Week. What do you think of the choice for this year's spring S·mon Says: Straight but w~ekcnd band? not narrow, part deux "Alt.hough I was originally excit d with the choiCeS we pins read" (raight But Nol high school tudents who identi were given for the spring Narrow" and we encourage you ty ilS gay or lesbian an: 4 time weekend c ncert, I am ery I wear yours proudly. more !iktlly to bave attempted disappointed with the final SUIcide and 5 times more likely decision ." imon Bryant Pride believe that to miss sch 01 because of feeling increased education on LOBT unsafe. II % of college student Kristen 'lein '05 Staff issues and increased visibility of who identiCy as gay have 'all/mlllSI LGBT people aud their support received hute mail. 48 Yo of col ers are crucial ·tep in the jour lege stud nl who identify as ney toward equality for people gayllesbian have been the targets of all sexual orientations The of verbal abuse. Gay YOllth are Next week the Bryant Pride purpose of the Day of Silence is al tor increased risk. suicide. "'I have newr heard f Ihem organization will be -panicipating to hold a slructured and visible dropping oul of college an in the natiOIl-wide Day of before. 1 probably won' t be silence as a catalyst for duca being lIle recrplents of physical auending." Silence. Those r us involveLi in lion on LGBT issues. It is also a assault_ this event do NOT wanl to way for supporters ofth e As a community, we are fer Alicia Robbins '05 ~ilence anyone. In fact, we issues to be visible and IDvolved . vently interested in Bryant believe that having a voice is You might b given a card thaI becoming a saC< campus for all essential to all people, pt:cially reads: students and one where each Sludents. "Please understand my rea member.of .our community is We deplore the silencing thaI sons for not speaking Loday. I respected, listened to. and val homophobia lind heterose.· ism am participating in the Day of ued. Please do your part by om "I think it reflects how poor creates in our society. On our Silence. a national youth move ing to the table on April [31h ly the scho I allocates its own camp~, tnce last ment protesting the silen e faced and learn ing mOTC about lesbian runds. I think we could pool 'cptcmber, there have been sev by It:sbian, gay, bisexual and and gay i 'sue -. the school' money to get eral incidents r homoph bie Lransgcnder people and their By howing support. it \ ill better band inst ad 01 put orafitu ound on doors in tJle allies. My deliberate il nce help gay and lesbian students ling TVs 10 Komer that no re idence halls. This is ch.oes that silence, which is know they have allies here and one will ever watch:' deplorable bebavi r n the part caused by harassment, prejudice. will dcmonstrate the op nness of Mike Carotenulo '07 of some ob iou Iy twist d indi and discriminati n. I believe thaI our communtty. The more .open viduals who are oither look in" to ending th silence is the first the clunate is for gay students, marginalize me mbers of our step toward fighting these inju faculty and sla ,the easier i( community or s eking ways 10 tices. Thjnk about the voices you wi II be for them to be out. And silence gays and lesbians on this are not hearing today. What arc if we th ink about the energy it "I think they Iried to please campus. you going to do to end Ihe takes for someone to hidc who LOO many people by getting a We invite you to participate In silence?" they really are--well. it's just not mediocre band and a good Bryant's Day of Silence by stop Colleg is hard enough, but if healthy is il? omedian." ping by the lable that will be set you are gay or lesbian. it can be up in the Rotunda all day on even mor difficult. For most Any que tions? Concems? Call M. Alexander Cuevas '06 Wednesday, April 13th. At the gay and lesbian students, when me at x6855. All conversations tab le you will find lots of infor they arrive on campus, they are confi dentia l. mation on often are relieved that their high gay/lesbianlbisexual/lransgender school experiences are behi nd LGBT) issues as we ll as some them. Compared to the ir peers, / Compiled by teven Proulx/ reebies like pins and pens. Th ----...-~----~~ ---- -~-- --~- -- Page 10 Variety The Archway Through the Looking Glass Horoscopes By Mike Pingree pressed the remote starter button BELIEVEABLE KRT Campus on her keychai n, causing her Children in the Busia district of vehicle, which was oul in the Uganda have a good, if unusual, REMEMBER, DO~'T DO TOO driveway, to start up. But she excuse as to why they have been Aries (March 21-ApriI19) MUCH A ONCb had left the car in reverse gear absent from school so much in You're hot, but it's not a good idea to talk back to authorI After a tlr les effort to raise when she parked it, so it backell recent w eks: Their parents have ties. Use your Wisdom, not your ability, to make wisecracks, money to build a gym nasium in out and crashed into the home been keepi ng them home to help and get your point across. his small English village, a man across the street. She has acci fend off ~ands of marauding saw his dream orne true, and denrally slarted the car before, baboons who want to feast on was named the firsl customer of because she doesn't understand the food grown in their gardens. Taurus (April 2o-May 20) the brand·new facility. He to k a how the remote control works. More research Is reqUired before you make your next big brisk walk on a treadmi ll and She has removed it fro m her SIR, YOU APPEAR TO BE move. Don't head down an unknown path before you find immedi, te ly dropped dead . keychain. CONFUSED out what's at the other end. A drunk driver asked a man for WHEN YOU STEAL A PROMISE ME YO U'LL COf':lE directjo n ~ to the freeway in Gemini (May 21-1une 21) TRUCK. AKE F RIGHT BACK Roseville, Calif. , and the man You'd rather run and play with your friends, and you may get A man went 10 th police station A man in Hong Kon g has been offered to lead him there. But as to do some of that. There are bills to be paid, however. Don't in La QU inta, Cal if. . to report w oing women over the Internet the dru nk was following him, overlook responsibilities. thaI his truck had been stolen. and then taking them to the the man called the cops on his Wh ile he was inside, h look d city's finest restaurants whe re he ceIJ phone, and told them he was out the window and saw it go easts on lavi sh meals then bringing the drunk to the police cancer (June 22-luly 22) by. A po lice eha c was immedi excus s himself and leaves stat ion. Even as the police Your reward for a job well done may be an argument. Be ate ly initiated res ulti ng in before the bill rrives. He le ft approached the dru nk to arrest ready to defend a decision you've recently made. Cite experi arrests. one woman with a $900 tab for him, he was cl ueless as to What ence and history. abalone lobster and shark lin was happening. He asked them BUT NONE OF THE MEN soup. for directions to the freeway. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) COMPLAINED Work interferes with trave for the next few days. The orders An uninhibited woman in Wast BUT IT' S OUR CAR, HON TillS COULD REALLY TEST you've been given may change. The joll takes longer than Kil bride, Scotland, has been for EST! HIS PAT1 ENE expected, Reschedule liberally. bidden from answering her 1T0nt Three men burglarized a home A dying man ent to court In door in he r bra and pan ties. Her in Buies Creek, N.C .• then went Sicily to obtain an order that he neighbors had filed an anti ou tside to find Ihat they had be immedi ately p id the al ready Virgo (Aug. 23-Se.pt. 22) social behavi r order aft r Jo e ed themselves out of til ir agreed-upon in surance award of Give financial matters your attention fi rst, especially concern repeatedly seeing her in he r getaway car. A neighbor spotteJ $600,000 fro m a motorcycle ing your home. After that, you'll find it easier to relax with undies. them breaki ng into the car and , crash that paralyzed him . The the people you love, as always. thinking they were trying to steal judges Said they will rule on his HMMM. WHAT DOES nils iI , called the cops. request in 14 months. !-Ie has Ubra (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) BUlTON DO? about six months to live. Some household projects are best left to professionals, but An Indiana woman inadvertently ODD, YET SOMEI10W some you can do. Practice figuring out which are which, carefully. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You're into hands-on education, rather than intellectiJal games. You want to know whether or not actions are effec tive, and if they are, how to do them. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Mak a connection with people you ave, don t pu it off any longer. financial troubles will fade later in the month, don't worry about that now. But don't go shopping, either. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You're feeling feIsty, but take care. The family may have already made plans that aren1t the same as yours. Better check with them before you make reservations. Aquarius (lan. 20-Feb. 1S) A group of friends proVide you with a brilliant new idea. This project requires work on your part, however, and concentra tion. You'll have to excuse yourself from the festivities. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) A recent disruption loses Importance, as you and your friends dISCUSS the next objective. Make sure to keep the costs down, there's more coming after this. uminations on College L efe By Aaron Karo our house, what do you need me KRTCampus to hold your hand?" Even in th is digital day and Co llege campuses are full of age, everyone knows th at one the some of the weirdest, most kid who still doesn't have a com Bryan University hilarious, and most annoy ing puter in his doml room. You people in the world. What's ' now, he w s that guy who Student Programming Board amazi ng is that al l these people would ro ll into your room and went through the same applica pretend to be ju t stopping b " April/May Events tion process that you did. They then ask i he could check his e wrote essays and ent on inter mail and the next thing you views j ust like you did. They knew he was typ ing a paper on were carefully selected from a your la ptop. For some reason Date Event Time{s) Location pool of thousands of pe pIe, just this is usually the same kid who like you were. You start th inking always gives your computer a 04/13 Band: Fivewise 9: 00 PM South to yourself, am l one f them? virus no matter what disk he 04/1 9 Year-End Bingo 9:00 PM South Do you have that fri end that uses, li ke it's in his blood or won't do anything al ne? I lived something. 04/21 Katie Todd & Jordan Carp 9:00 PM South with th.is one guy, Dan, who When it comes down to it, 04/27 Cu tural Coffeehouse 9:00 PM South absolutely had to be accompa though, how much fun you have nied by someone 'Iherever he in coJleg is reall y dete nnined 04/29 Spring Weekend TBA TBA wen I: "Karo, yo dude, you going by who's along on the journey to class? Wait up." "Hey Karo, with you. Y ur fri ends your 05/01 I'm gonna get a haircut, come classmates, the kids you see on 05/04 Comedian: P.J . Thibodeau 9:00 PM South with?" "Kuro, L'm going to the campus, they're all a pa rt of it. If dry cleaners, take a walk with college was a movie, this would For more information about upcoming events, visit http://www.bryantspb.org/ me?" I'm like, "Dude, the dry be the cast of characters. And cleaners is two d ors down from don't worry you're here too. April 8, 2005 Variety Page 11 'Si City'p oves that beauty comes in black and white By Tim Knight the film. Probably the last honest During M8rv's search for trol Old Town. design. In tact, Rodriguez was KRTCampus man on the force. Hartigan res Goldie's killer. he initially meets Finally, 'Sin City' returns to so adamant about honoring cues Nancy at age II from the violent resistance from Sin City's the saga of Harrigan, who's MiUer's work that he quit the olutches of sexual deviant lovely and Jethal prostitutes, led never forgonen the little girl he DGA so MilleT could join him as Roarke Ir. (Nick Stabl); the by Gail (Rosario Dawson), a saved from Roarke. Eight yeaTS Sin City's co-director amoral cion of later. he's (Rodriguez's buddy Quentin the all-powerful reunited Tarantino also directed one Roarke fam ily. with Nancy scene featuring Owen and For his heroic (Alba), now Benicio Del Toro). Now thal's effol'tS. Hartigan a gorgeous, dedication. As it turns out, is shot repeatedly sweet Rodriguez's hyper-kineric 1IJm by his corrupt natured making meshes well with partner (Michael stripper. M iller's darker, brooding sensi Madsen) and ent Although bility. For most of its running LO the slammer. he's old and tim, the movie has a breathless lhank.l; 10 the got a "bum narrative momentum. but it Roarke family's ticker." never feels overly rushed. like it undue influence. HanIgan IS was made for viewers with The narrative determined attention deficit disorder. then shifts to to protect Although Rodriguez and Marv (Mick.ey Nancy from Miller generally do a slam-bang Ruurke), a hulk job of interweaving the three plJoto courtesy of Miramax Roark Ir.. ing, faciall who's narratives. the film is 0 deformed ex-con Bruce Willis and Jes ica Alba: two members of Mickey mutated crammed with narrati e detail ho briefly fmds Spillane' star-studded 'Sin City' ca t. into the and cinematic sleight of hand 10 'C wIth Ule II - foul thai it's occasIonally wearvmg. some hooker Goldie (Jaime machine-gun-wklding vixen in smelling Yello\ Bastard, By the ime Willis returns as King . Wh n he' mun:! I!d In leather Under a long-standing II's safe 10 sav that no other Hartigan for the film' conclud hiS bell by a bo isl ps~chop.~lh agreement with l11e police Gail film has ever duplicaled the ing lory. you may eel that .he ( lijah Wi 00), Marv emb. rk on and her girl contr I the street visual exture and ensibility of a filmmakers have overstayed a dang rou quest to avenge her of in City's Old Town district. omie book (okay, graphic th ir welcome a bit in . -in City.' dcal11. With the reluctant help of That agreement is thrown '11 novel, for the puri. ts) more uc Even so, Rodnguez and Miiler III se' par Ie officer, Lu HIe je pardy after the prostitutes ce . tull. than 'Sin City.' About deserve praise tor breakmg n w (Carla GuglOo Marv uncovers mistakenly kill a cop. the only film that come close i ground, both technically and nlghlmari I secret involving Fonunarely, Gail's ex-flame Warren Beatty's 'Dick Tracy' anistically. in adapting graphic both the Roa ke family and Ihe Dwight (Clive Owen) join the (1990), but thal was stricti in n vels to the big ere n. church. t'roslilute' fight to maintam 1;00- terms of color and pToduction 2 Dudes By Aaron Warner ACollege Girl Named Joe By Aaron Warner ~ ~I7AYS 1 WNc:~ SU~, P'Jl11lAi When a 1\:t\OVj Ifty ~<) 4l What they 1PM? TI!\: UP ~t? 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Terry VanDeWalker (percu Sion/vocaIS), A Oikari (keyboards/vocals), Chris Castino (lead guitar vocals), and Andy Mille, (bs s guitarlvocals). 11: ReJt:.as d ill til orruner of :!OO3, D.ll'lln.'n Rice' s If-written an pc dULed debut album. 0, hu . had a permanent plo.ll:c in m CD plrlyer 'ver sUI e. I realize l that I huven ( 'otll!f1 off'rhi. in' rl ongwnter ki k for \)Illt· lIIUI:. but lhl i d~ 100tely a di worth pil.:king up. Person.lII y, {hl~ nll'lulll will alway:; ht" held 10 rustee Speaker Series:~-- Be Belichick By Christian Collard dents: foUow y ur passion and that stood out in Belichickl for him. "There wm, no better Iy talks about touchdowrui in Varit!/y Editor have a. 'hort-term focus. He mind was during the dog days f m m nt th n when he caught the pre c nference but when il is urged Ihem to nor get int il just camp when Mart Light a 'ked punt," , aId Belichick. It was a brought up by Ih media, he Last Wedne 'day evening the for the money, but to explore Wl...11 It would take for them 10 big accompli hmenl in a eason credits hi .. offensive lineman for mo. I anticipated installment f their passion ' and rake it from have a day off fr m practicing. of continual uccess. giving him plenty of time to Lllls years Trustee Speaker there. Belichi k gal The framework throw the all or for making a Serie ' t ok place in the MAC: involved with fooL ball f success a cording great hole for the backs. the relum f ew England at a very young age to Belichick reqUIre. After the planned speech. Patnot' Hetld Coach Bill and hasn'l gOllen tired PAT: preparatJ n, Belichick began takmg questions Belichick. Tbe ubje I matter of of it once. "l feel like attitude, and team from the udlence. A few topics Coach Belicbickls peech, how I haven't w Irked a work. The idea of brought up were the current OD ever, was n t directly focused on day in my life," srutl leadership b Lng dition of linebacker Teddy football. Belichick. about altilUde was Bruschi. what his thought )0 The theme f the lecture was Next. BeJi hick the next point. "arroganL" playel'S like Terrell "Oeci'i n Making, Hilude, ami conllOued talking Mention' of eVeral Owen and Randy Moss were. Your Future" After II brief ab ut thing that randaut exampk and hi relationship with Corey vide montage anti an intToUUC impre. s him as a of th.C idea foI- Dill!)n , One person even chal ti n from Pre. idem Machtley, cnachlbo s. l wed, Troy Brown, lenged Belicbick to a game of Behchick look the stage to a Flexibility and the de pHe being one of Madden back in his room, bar standing ovation of appreciarion ability to adnpt to the besl players n ring that Belichick could not be from all in attendance cbange are the bigge, I photo courtesy o( Bryant University RelatIons the team, always the Patri()b. He courteou Iy Il had only been a few short thing, he 10 k for. New England Patriots' Head Coach Bill puts the ream fir 1. declined and Ihe audIence erupt years since PatrIots had been Being open-minded i. the Bellchick addresses the University. He never makes ed with laughter. here at Bryant u ing til facililiCi' a greal trait to have in 'peech"'s in the loc - A a loken of thanks a their ummer training camp. a team envlfonmem. er m. bUI he lets Preid nt MachtJey presented preparmg for what would be De The illea of IIteam" could nOl The 'oaeh respond d wllb a hL'> aCllons speak for him. Mike Belichick with hi very own of pro football's dynastie'. be s ssed enough by Belichick. challenge: jf be could catcb u Vrabel re ordec..l three sack nght Bryant Univer'ity hooded weal BelichIck Will glad to be back in "One guy. all die" wm. lilt! punt. Uley c uld have the day after 'otTering a broken ann. "birt because of hiS fondne s uf the fumiUar SUIT undings. mar phrase used in nair ing camp. fr. If he didn't catch It, 20 After >l 10, . 1u Piwburgb when Ihat panicular article of clothing. veled al the change" the campu. meaning if ont per. on made a sprints for the team. E eryone blum wa~ betng pul on a mem Belichick did acimtt that ~tyle lwi had in the past few y m, lUi .take, they all bad LO pay the came together ru'ld mllied around ber of tbe secondnry, veteran was not hi thing. but it' yuiLe and recalled. me memorie of con. equence. Thl' lead, to Ihe Light. RecelVers w re offenng Rodney HaITi on 'tepped up and apparent that coaching foolball Ihe Lime he pent here. players di clplining Ihemselve, auvice un how to ~atch it, line to Ie the blame for blitzing when is And for that, we're thankful. The leClure began foelisi ng a they see tit. man were urging on their peer, he should've been ()vering Ihl.;; onBelichi ' advice to tu- One moment uf teamwork and rven Belicbi k Wtlli r oling r elver Tom Brady never real